How do I get an empty list of any size in Python?

I basically want a Python equivalent of this Array in C:

int a[x];

but in python I declare an array like:

a = []

and the problem is I want to assign random slots with values like:

a[4] = 1

but I can’t do that with Python, since the Python list is empty (of length 0).

Answer

If by “array” you actually mean a Python list, you can use

a = [0] * 10

or

a = [None] * 10